President Trump believes he has the authority to remove special counsel Robert Mueller, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday, although she declined to specify whether Trump plans to exercise that authority.
“I know a number of individuals in the legal community, and including at the Department of Justice, said he has the power to do so, but I don’t have any further announcements,” Sanders told reporters at the White House.
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